MACOMB TOWNSHIP, MI -- A federal jury on Friday found a local man guilty of producing and distributing child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

Thomas Wooten, 33, of Macomb Township, faces up to 30 years in prison after being convicted of producing and distributing pornography involving a 3-year-old girl.

Federal investigators accused Wooten of distributing over the internet a video that showed him engaging in a sexual act with the girl, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

FBI agents also found hundreds of child pornographic images in Wooten's possession, some of which they believed he obtained by trading the images he created.

He is scheduled to be sentenced March 19, 2013.

"Regrettably, the Internet provides child predators with a ready market for
child pornography, but it also helps us to rescue children who are being
sexually abused," U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said in a statement.